I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.
Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.
Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.
He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.
My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.
School is a foretaste of life.